Loïc Meillard (French pronunciation: [lɔik mɛjaʁ]; born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Born in Neuchâtel, Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer.
Career
Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the Junior World Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined.
In February 2016, Meillard scored his first World Cup points at the Hinterstoder giant slalom, finishing in 27th place, and his first top ten (eighth) came the following week at Kranjska Gora. His first podium was a runner-up in a giant slalom in December 2018 at Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.[2] On the same hill the next day, Meillard finished second in the slalom, runner-up to Marcel Hirscher.
At his third World Championships in 2021, Meillard won two bronze medals, in parallel giant slalom and combined, and was fifth in the giant slalom.
Meillard won the gold medal in the slalom at the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, becoming the first Swiss man to take the title for 75 years.[3][4]
World Cup results
Season titles
- 1 title – (1 PAR)
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 2020 | Parallel |
|---|
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2016 | 19 | 104 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 20 | 79 | 42 | 30 | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 9 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 5 | — | — | 18 | |
| 2020 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 11 | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 30 | — | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | — | — | |
| 2024 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | — | ||
| 2025 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 33 | — |
- Standings through 3 January 2025
Race podiums
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2019 | 19 Dec 2018 |  Saalbach, Austria |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 20 Dec 2018 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 2020 | 29 Dec 2019 |  Bormio, Italy |
Combined | 3rd |
| 2 Feb 2020 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 9 Feb 2020 |  Chamonix, France |
Parallel-G | 1st | |
| 2021 | 9 Jan 2021 |  Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 13 Mar 2021 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2022 | 26 Feb 2022 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Slalom | 2nd |
| 19 Mar 2022 | Méribel, France |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2023 | 11 Dec 2022 | Val d'Isère, France |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 29 Dec 2022 | Bormio, Italy |
Super-G | 3rd | |
| 7 Jan 2023 | Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 15 Jan 2023 | Wengen, Switzerland |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 25 Jan 2023 | Schladming, Austria |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2024 | 27 Jan 2024 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Super-G | 3rd |
| 4 Feb 2024 | Chamonix, France |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 1 Mar 2024 |  Aspen, USA |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2 Mar 2024 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
| 3 Mar 2024 | Slalom | 1st | ||
| 16 Mar 2024 | Saalbach, Austria |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 22 Mar 2024 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 2025 | 17 Nov 2024 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 15 Dec 2024 | Val d'Isère, France |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 23 Dec 2024 | Alta Badia, Italy |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 8 Jan 2025 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 12 Jan 2025 | Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Parallel | |
| 2017 | 20 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| 2021 | 24 | DNF1 | 5 | DNF | — | 3 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 26 | DNF1 | 2 | 8 | — | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 28 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Olympic results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2018 | 21 | 14 | 9 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 5 | DNF1 | — | — | DNF2 (SL) |
References
- ^ "LOÏC MEILLARD". gps-performance.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Meillard wins slalom gold to cap 'crazy week' for the Swiss ski team at world championships". APNews. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Loic Meillard clinches Switzerland's first slalom world title in 75 years". olympics.com. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
External links
- Loïc Meillard at FIS (alpine)
- Loïc Meillard at Olympics.com
- Loïc Meillard at Olympedia
- Loïc Meillard at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Loïc Meillard at the Swiss Olympic Association (in German)
- Official website
(in French)
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